Small plane returning to Phoenix crashes into ocean off San Diego, 6 dead
By JOSH FUNK
Posted 6/10/25
A small plane crashed off the San Diego coast shortly after takeoff, killing all six people on board, the Federal Aviation Administration said Monday .
The twin-engine Cessna 414 crashed …
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CESSNA 414
Small plane returning to Phoenix crashes into ocean off San Diego, 6 dead
(KGTV via AP)
A twin-engine Cessna 414 crashed at around 12:30 p.m. June 8 off the San Diego coast, FAA officials said. The plane was returning to Phoenix one day after flying out from Arizona, according to the flight tracking website Flightaware.com.
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By JOSH FUNK
A small plane crashed off the San Diego coast shortly after takeoff, killing all six people on board, the Federal Aviation Administration said Monday.
The twin-engine Cessna 414 crashed at around 12:30 p.m. Sunday, June 8, FAA officials said. The plane was returning to Phoenix one day after flying out from Arizona, according to the flight tracking website Flightaware.com.
The Coast Guard said searchers found a debris field later Sunday about 3 miles off the coast of Point Loma, a San Diego neighborhood that juts into the Pacific, U.S. Coast Guard officials. The water in the search area is about 200- feet deep.
Although the FAA said all six people on board the plane were killed, authorities haven’t identified them.
The FAA said the plane is owned by vitamin and nutritional supplement maker Optimal Health Systems. But the company based in Pima, Arizona, said in a statement that it sold the plane to a group of private individuals in 2023, meaning the FAA database could be out of date.
However, the company’s founder, Doug Grant, said in the statement that, “We personally know several of the passengers onboard and our sincerest condolences are offered to those affected by the tragedy, all of whom are incredible members of our small community.”
